Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-30

man
Who 1 once thought loved. anu few days
ago
1 married him; yes, 1t was foolish, know,
Sut -ince we were married In secret, thought
We might be divorced without going to court.
And Il en-, there's another l hold very dear,
l hsdh't heard from him Tor neariy year,
1t seems u mt now, reIurnedisDd demands
Ful6Im 4nI OF p omise ne had ct my hands.
And l ,aia would wed him. provided The cnair
That BINDS me to Bcb can be broken Ia twain
Alas tsaid the .wyer]. the law does not M AXE
the g'ouods you have mentioned & cause tina
viii break
SO sacred a tie; aud cannot advise
Iou 10 matters like his; besides, despise
Il man who wouiI cause between husband anC
wife
breath thai must bring bu. dissension ant
rife
On sir! he dent know tina. 1 am msrried-ant
none
tshe aaidj Exc, pit those who ssw the deed done
Know of 1t. And Il (said the lawyer, he lid
Then 6ictales of conscience and manhood for
His coming to see you; and when e fluids out
Ghe truth as ne mus IN the end, I've 10 doub
He'll leave you, ana all you will nave for your
VIII he but the bitter regret shat remains
In the cup of your life. Besides, If he knew
The truth. as know 1t, he could not love you,
And be half y man. Now, turn bacs, child, be
And east of this stranger. 1t is time yet to save
Yourself from disgrace; advise you to do,
To your trust as wife. My heart sir. rebels,
(she said. and this orm at the outset foretelll
The doom Of my life, tits the hand on the wall
That ever mu.t hang, like funeral pail
Around ne; fear sir, my life is 8 wreck
l thank you, GOODNIGHT l must now hurry back
She left, ana NOS ore than ten minutes elapse
TIL footsteps are heard, and again there are
At his door, and he opens, and to his surprise
Bob enters the room. There was that in his
eyes,
That s"oke to the purpose, I came here to get
Your advice as friend, [said Bob), but regret
To tell YIN the cause. Wei, you needn't 90
that,
lThe law er rep. ied). because know what
VIII tell you, my friend, that your wife has
been here
In fact, his just left, Well. what did she
want?
Il know you would ask. but remember cant
Tell tales out of school; now what would 1 do?
70 go ano I'd get me go d friend or two,
And with them, go now, and that fellow would
wake,
and tell him the facts and advise him to take
His gripeack and with it proceed to the train
and never be heard Of In these parts asan.
And then In the morning, go straiah, TO your
wife,
And tell her. you've cone for her. Sir, by my
life.
(said Robert) I'll do rs you say, and before
The V breaks, that fool Will be hunting a
More friendly than this, or else I'll be found
Fit subject for some one to mt under ground.
Bob left, nd when morning came p mad left
Bat how, whom and why, 1t seemed, nobody
knew,
And nobody cared, for that matter, except
Mics Anna, bat when it wa told her, she wept.
Bob went down to see ner that morning quite
soon,
And e; aid till the sun tol1 the hour of noon;
He uttered word of omDlaint at the way
She took On with P, but told her, the day
| a q m = q tIn
1or one,
He could not and would not conceal 1t; thu
Had run It's Last course, and had set Its last
On him with that secret. Why, pet, Ills a
crime
So lonely without you; and the when 1 steal
AT night to my rest 1t does hurt me to know
That you will not CO ct me why il it GO?
Persuasion was vain, for she would no. con
Her heart had been steeled, and it cou not
relent;
Her idol was broken. her sDirits were eruseed,
and al the fine feelings Of soul haa been
hushe5.
With qulvering lips, and with tear moissened
eye,
Rob offered his hand in hopeless goodbye;
pet, he satd, will conc 80 you when
You wapL me, for after the sayings of men,
Have robbed you Of character, ruined your
EGme,
u
Though scorned and forsaken mys=f, by you,
Ny warmest affections still cling to you yet.
They psrtad, ca h bearing q burden OF grief,
From uh'' b 1t seemed nothing aould give them
Ielief,
And each went awa7. to hunt solace Of mind,
And sHrcease from Woe How doubly refined,
Such sorrow as 3 bis, indeed must have been,
Fog reaching the goal OF ones wishes, and
then,
In the hour Of triumph, have victory turn
TO worse than defeat, makes deeper the burn,
And leaves On the neart scar and scar
That lasts through al time. The news, near
and far,
Spread ovsr the country, of Annals dissrace,
Aad those who once loved her, now passed with
the face
Averted-and even the parents she loved,
We're brought Into cdium. People were moved
To censnre too freely, yes R. bert through all
) nheld her fair name, and sad that her fall
from pub io esteem was as much hi own fault
II hers-and if any one dared to assault
Ter name in his presenG7, he'd stop him, and
cans hear her spo en- of, sir, in that way.
It last on day, after all had been aid
That conld be And blame had beer heapsd on
If poor Anna, Till nothing IF added) could
make
The thing any worse; Bob felt he must take
)ne more trip to see her-j Just one effort noCe
% reconcile matters. Ali that he bore,
lie thought was bus Gods c1ass'ning hand for
yommi TED by him at the outset, and In
Tot getting consent Of her parents. 3foTe
lie married the girl. lis thus evermore
hat punishment follows our sins; yet thought |
he,
The good book declares, that his mercy is free |
q faith, we may 3sE what we Will, and re "eive |
III thiugs work for good, TO them that believe, |
md thus as he reasoned, ght from on high, |
hone forth al Respondent, and gIaddened |
the eye
# Faith; and her.slster, sweet Hope, shed her
If comfort and peace; and so all through the
'hese whispering angels, kept urglug him on
.ssuring success and however foriorn,
Iope seemed at the tir-t, he felt that the light,
Ieant peace to his soul-and go just before |
Re went home aud took his two sisters aside,
nd told them to have things prepared for his
BRIDE.
ecause (said he to them) as strange as IT
seems,
his day, 1 have spent In the happiest of
dreams.
nd go where will, their sweet voices hear,
nd aIl of their musical murmuri &c say,
o child, for your sorrows are ended tn. day
ow Alice ana Fannie believed that his mind,
Tss being unsettled, but Ill 20 be kind
hey humored his whim, and fixed up his room
q neat as pin, for the bride and the groom,
nd invited him In. It looked like the hand
f fairy had touched e, or mystical wand
arkeo well everything that came In the
range
( vision. His great sa.isfae ton was seen
J the g!rls, ana they felt that they surely
had been
Tel paid for their pairs. The exrb Grant flow
his spirits weres SUCH that its fiery glow.
nparted it's warmth tn every ore there
nd mace them all feel that a blessing was
near.
e put on the same silt of clothes thaths wore,
he dsy he was marrie1 and stepped from the